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4 Mar 2018, 13:52 (Ref:3805706) | #452 | |
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About "prototype" issue, do we want to talk about a MR 911?
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4 Mar 2018, 16:46 (Ref:3805735) | #454 | |
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Someone suggested it could be a replacement for the GT86 as a spec racer. Thoughts?
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4 Mar 2018, 18:36 (Ref:3805752) | #455 | ||
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Good analysis of the future of GTE / GTLM in DSC.
Corvette C8 mid-engined, McLaren Senna, Lamborghini, Toyota Supra, Glickenhaus SCG 004 and TVR Griffith could be in the series in the future. http://www.dailysportscar.com/2018/0...s-staying.html |
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Having said that, the whole 500 unit production run is already sold out. If there is to be a racing version, has anyone placed an order for this racing version? Or will they actually build more than 500 units? Sportscar racing being what it is though, it seems inevitable that we will just see more and more expensive cars being raced until it all melts down and we start again. Again. What really boggles my brain is the price difference between GTE/3 and LMP2/3. In performance per £/$/€ terms it defies logic. |
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5 Mar 2018, 14:10 (Ref:3805929) | #459 | |
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Not a Super GT follower at all but could that be Toyota's new car for that series?
Either way, I think it looks good - much better than the uber ugly McLaren. And it's front engined! |
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5 Mar 2018, 14:24 (Ref:3805934) | #460 | |
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Why is there such a furore about the position of the current RSR's engine? The BMW M3 GT2 and Corvette C7R are similar to the Porsche but at the other end of the car.
BMW: Corvette: From this picture, the only bits of the Corvette's engine in front of the front axle centreline are some pipes/hoses. The Aston Martin is similar, though pictures are harder to come by. The M3 GT2 is the reason that Porsche can do this. One of the many waivers BMW applied for at the time was to move the engine well back in the chassis, almost into the cockpit. That waiver eventually made its way into the regulations proper. The end result is that there is no such thing as a mid-engined car in the GTE regulations. The engine is either in front of or behind the cockpit. So there are front-engined (Vantage, M8, C7) and rear-engined (911, 488, GT) cars. The engine can then be moved fore or aft within that restriction. Chevrolet could do an Audi Quattro if they wanted to and put the engine between the headlights. A manufacturer cannot, as Radio Le Mans/IMSA Radio have said, move the engine from in front of the cockpit to behind it. Had to get that off my chest, it's been a bugbear of mine since the Porsche was announced. |
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The above picture is fake by the way, it's some mockup by a random twitter user. |
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5 Mar 2018, 18:25 (Ref:3806024) | #463 | |
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Indeed it is! Anyway, it's not the new Supra.
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5 Mar 2018, 21:56 (Ref:3806080) | #464 | |
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6 Mar 2018, 01:43 (Ref:3806108) | #465 | |
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Geneva Supra GTE peek. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pFnpU2...ime_continue=7
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6 Mar 2018, 07:37 (Ref:3806155) | #466 | ||
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Frankly I don't think almost anyone is aware of that particular section of the regulations, although you're right it's certainly in there now. The other one no one seems to be aware of is that the rules are worded such that you could use a stock hybrid assist system, somewhat like the Prius in GT300. |
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You're right posting that bmw and corvette (and basically any other FR layout gte/gt3) placed the engine close to the center of the car, but in their road versions the engine bay is already behind the front axle! While as far I know it simply doesn't exist a road MR "porsche made" 911. Simple. |
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6 Mar 2018, 09:35 (Ref:3806179) | #468 | |
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Supra Is designed to GTE but they have no plan currently to enter it in any series... yet
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6 Mar 2018, 10:10 (Ref:3806198) | #469 | |
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So, no McLaren Senna GTE announcement at Geneva, just the GT-R version.
No confirmed plans to race McLaren Senna GT-R |
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6 Mar 2018, 10:44 (Ref:3806208) | #471 | |
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So.... any new gte at all
time to drop lamborghini rumor too. Just too hype fever. |
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6 Mar 2018, 14:13 (Ref:3806249) | #473 | |
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I have to admit the McLaren looks much better in 'race trim'. Also, the Toyota looks a bit outdated already imo, very similar to the outgoing CR-7.
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6 Mar 2018, 23:35 (Ref:3806385) | #474 | |
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The Supra isn't really a proper car, it has a few styling concessions. I imagine the only way you'll potentially see that program go forward is if Class 1 falls apart and Super GT moves to GTE based regulations.
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7 Mar 2018, 05:09 (Ref:3806489) | #475 | |
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I think they're better off using the Lexus LC (maybe LC F if produced). I like the fact that they're bringing back the Supra, but I am not a big fan of this new one.
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